Broadband Speeds

Peter3hg · June 13th, 2006, 03:27 PM

Just out of interest what broadband speeds does everone recieve.
I'm on 2mb at the mo soon to be increased to 4mb.
I heard some crazy stories about the Koreans getting 100mb but that seems a bit far fetched.
This is a good test to check your speed.
http://specials.zdnet.co.uk/misc/band-test/

jeffy777 · June 13th, 2006, 03:51 PM

5mbs down / 374kbs up - Time Warner cable

The download speed is more than enough for me, but I would love to have more upload.

If you're in the US, this is my favorite test:
http://speakeasy.net/speedtest/

Peter3hg · June 13th, 2006, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffy777

5mbs down / 374kbs up - Time Warner cable

The download speed is more than enough for me, but I would love to have more upload.

If you're in the US, this is my favorite test:
http://speakeasy.net/speedtest/

That test gave me about 200kb/sec down and 20kb/sec up. Thats about what i thought it was. You never get anywhere near the quoted speed.
I'm on NTL cable.

Ultra_Kool_Dude · June 13th, 2006, 03:59 PM

I get 5000kb/sec download when I can find a fast enough server. images/smilies/mrgreen.gif

Peter3hg · June 13th, 2006, 04:15 PM

Its because all our telephone exchanges are archaic relics. Quite a lot of them can't even do the newer 10mb services.
I'm so jealous of you all.

Cobol74 · June 13th, 2006, 04:18 PM

2 Meg rated - NTL as well

jeffy777 · June 13th, 2006, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peter3hg2

That test gave me about 200kb/sec down and 20kb/sec up. Thats about what i thought it was. You never get anywhere near the quoted speed.
I'm on NTL cable.

You mean kB/sec, right? There's a big difference, you know.

Peter3hg · June 13th, 2006, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffy777

Quote:

Originally Posted by peter3hg2

That test gave me about 200kb/sec down and 20kb/sec up. Thats about what i thought it was. You never get anywhere near the quoted speed.
I'm on NTL cable.

You mean kB/sec, right? There's a big difference, you know.

I mean kb/sec not kbps. Don't know the difference but kb/sec ususally seems slower than kbps.

Janus · June 13th, 2006, 04:31 PM

My service is theorectically 24m/bit down, but is more like 15-17m/bit in reality.

FATMOUSE · June 13th, 2006, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Your line speed:

3347 Kbps

410.2 K bytes/sec

Seems alright to me.

andyhui01 · June 13th, 2006, 04:39 PM

I get (9mbyte/s) from a hong kong speed test site

speedtest.com.hk

my connection is supposed to be 100mbit

jeffy777 · June 13th, 2006, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peter3hg2

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffy777

Quote:

Originally Posted by peter3hg2

That test gave me about 200kb/sec down and 20kb/sec up. Thats about what i thought it was. You never get anywhere near the quoted speed.
I'm on NTL cable.

You mean kB/sec, right? There's a big difference, you know.

I mean kb/sec not kbps. Don't know the difference but kb/sec ususally seems slower than kbps.

kb/sec and kbps are the same. kb/sec and kB/sec are different.

kb = kilobits
kB = kilobytes

There are 8 bits in a byte.

This is helpful:
http://www.matisse.net/bitcalc/

So a transfer rate of 2Mb/sec = 2048kb/sec or around 256 kB/sec (transfer rate your broswer shows)

Bottom line:

kB/sec is what your browser shows you when you're actually downloading a file. Mb/sec or kb/sec are usually what broadband companies advertise, and the numbers sound bigger that way images/smilies/smile.gif

Lilleput · June 13th, 2006, 04:56 PM

2mb / 256kb

Getting 4mb/4mb when i move in six weeks

Buba · June 13th, 2006, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffy777

Quote:

Originally Posted by peter3hg2

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffy777

Quote:

Originally Posted by peter3hg2

That test gave me about 200kb/sec down and 20kb/sec up. Thats about what i thought it was. You never get anywhere near the quoted speed.
I'm on NTL cable.

You mean kB/sec, right? There's a big difference, you know.

I mean kb/sec not kbps. Don't know the difference but kb/sec ususally seems slower than kbps.

kb/sec and kbps are the same. kb/sec and kB/sec are different.

kb = kilobits
kB = kilobytes

There are 8 bits in a byte.

This is helpful:
http://www.matisse.net/bitcalc/

So a transfer rate of 2Mb/sec = 2048kb/sec or around 256 kB/sec (transfer rate your broswer shows)

Bottom line:

kB/sec is what your browser shows you when you're actually downloading a file. Mb/sec or kb/sec are usually what broadband companies advertise, and the numbers sound bigger that way images/smilies/smile.gif

Meh, you could just say, the factor is 8... images/smilies/wink.gif

fluke667 · June 13th, 2006, 06:29 PM

6000/640 kb/s (~750/80 kB/s)

i hope to get 16000/800 this year

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/7091/1516os.gif

TechZ · June 13th, 2006, 07:18 PM

NTL and BT are doing major upgrades, in the range of 8000 exchanges, many people I know already have 10mbit and get full use of that speed.

(Swansea, Nottingham, Cardiff to name a few places)

jeffy777 · June 13th, 2006, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buba

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffy777

Quote:

Originally Posted by peter3hg2

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffy777

Quote:

Originally Posted by peter3hg2

That test gave me about 200kb/sec down and 20kb/sec up. Thats about what i thought it was. You never get anywhere near the quoted speed.
I'm on NTL cable.

You mean kB/sec, right? There's a big difference, you know.

I mean kb/sec not kbps. Don't know the difference but kb/sec ususally seems slower than kbps.

kb/sec and kbps are the same. kb/sec and kB/sec are different.

kb = kilobits
kB = kilobytes

There are 8 bits in a byte.

This is helpful:
http://www.matisse.net/bitcalc/

So a transfer rate of 2Mb/sec = 2048kb/sec or around 256 kB/sec (transfer rate your broswer shows)

Bottom line:

kB/sec is what your browser shows you when you're actually downloading a file. Mb/sec or kb/sec are usually what broadband companies advertise, and the numbers sound bigger that way images/smilies/smile.gif

Meh, you could just say, the factor is 8... images/smilies/wink.gif

Meh, but I didn't..... images/smilies/wink.gif

It's just a few sentences to help clarify. It's not like it's that complicated or anything....there's always a critc images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

sandor_ · June 13th, 2006, 08:35 PM

here at work we have a 3 Mb/1.5 Mb connection, and a T1 for the phones. decent, not super fast, but decent.

@ home i have a 3 Mb/768 Kb DSL connection. Used to have a 30 Mb/5 Mb fiber connection from Verizon, until i moved. actually got 30 Mb/s too! My Mac OS updates would download at roughly 3.5 MB/s sustained. When i was in Uni, i would always use Apple's servers as the benchmark - they seem to have unlimited throughput-I could sustain about 8 MB/s from apple in Uni (dual-OC3 and multiple T3's)

they now have about a steady 400 Mb/s of data constantly flowing in and out (combined)!!!

http://www.rit.edu/network/mrtg-inet/internetall.html

mgkdk · June 13th, 2006, 08:41 PM

Meh

Quote:

Your line speed:

1684.6 Kbps

206.4 K bytes/sec

hokiethang · June 13th, 2006, 10:34 PM

Theoretically my transfer is 5mbit / 2mbit, but at the moment i'm getting 1mbit / 512kbit. Usually its around 3mbit / 1mbit. My cable company isn't terrific, but hopefully Verizon will finish running fiber in my area, and i'll hopefully be able to get Fios.

June 13th, 2006, 03:27 PM	#1
Peter3hg Joined: May 3rd, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Breast Hill Castle, Angleland Age: 19 Posts: 3,832 Car: 2006 Yamaha Fazer LFS Status: Rep Power: 31	Broadband Speeds Just out of interest what broadband speeds does everone recieve. I'm on 2mb at the mo soon to be increased to 4mb. I heard some crazy stories about the Koreans getting 100mb but that seems a bit far fetched. This is a good test to check your speed. http://specials.zdnet.co.uk/misc/band-test/ __________________

June 13th, 2006, 03:51 PM	#2
jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: US Age: 27 Posts: 5,662 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 53	5mbs down / 374kbs up - Time Warner cable The download speed is more than enough for me, but I would love to have more upload. If you're in the US, this is my favorite test: http://speakeasy.net/speedtest/ __________________ A man named Jeffy once said, "If laziness is craziness, then I've lost my marbles...and I don't feel like trying to find them."

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Ultra_Kool_Dude AWESOME!!!111ONE Joined: Oct 4th, 2004 Last Online: December 29th, 2008 Location: Clarkson's House Posts: 3,684 Car: POWERR!!! Rep Power: 0	I get 5000kb/sec download when I can find a fast enough server. __________________ What's the difference between charity and socialism? What's the difference between sex and rape?

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Peter3hg Joined: May 3rd, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Breast Hill Castle, Angleland Age: 19 Posts: 3,832 Car: 2006 Yamaha Fazer LFS Status: Rep Power: 31	Its because all our telephone exchanges are archaic relics. Quite a lot of them can't even do the newer 10mb services. I'm so jealous of you all. __________________

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Cobol74 Joined: Mar 21st, 2006 Last Online: 12:18 AM Location: Southampton Posts: 6,217 Car: Vauxhall Zafira 1.9 TDI Slush box. Rep Power: 58	2 Meg rated - NTL as well __________________

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Janus Joined: Apr 20th, 2005 Last Online: December 31st, 2008 Location: Adelaide, Australia Age: 24 Posts: 1,347 Rep Power: 18	My service is theorectically 24m/bit down, but is more like 15-17m/bit in reality. __________________ "Hopefully once petrol hits $2.50 per litre all the 18 year olds with riced up Nismos wont be able to afford to drive their neon-clad tard rockets around at 200km/h anymore, and it will be back to the good old days of riding a donkey to school."

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andyhui01 Joined: Jun 4th, 2004 Last Online: 03:16 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 20 Posts: 8,514 Car: 00' Subaru Forester GT LFS Status: Rep Power: 28	I get (9mbyte/s) from a hong kong speed test site speedtest.com.hk my connection is supposed to be 100mbit __________________

June 13th, 2006, 04:56 PM	#13
Lilleput Evo-less Joined: Jun 10th, 2005 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: United Kingdom of Denmark Age: 25 Posts: 2,982 Car: Ford S-Max Titanium - 268hp Rep Power: 71	2mb / 256kb Getting 4mb/4mb when i move in six weeks __________________

June 13th, 2006, 06:29 PM	#15
fluke667 Joined: Nov 1st, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Stuttgart - Germany Age: 34 Posts: 823 Rep Power: 31	6000/640 kb/s (~750/80 kB/s) i hope to get 16000/800 this year __________________

June 13th, 2006, 07:18 PM	#16
TechZ Captain Internet Joined: Dec 19th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Bahrain Age: 24 Posts: 2,425 Car: Audi TT '08 Rep Power: 164	NTL and BT are doing major upgrades, in the range of 8000 exchanges, many people I know already have 10mbit and get full use of that speed. (Swansea, Nottingham, Cardiff to name a few places) __________________ techzonline.net

June 13th, 2006, 08:35 PM	#18
sandor_ Joined: Mar 16th, 2005 Last Online: December 28th, 2007 Location: Philadelphia, USA Age: 28 Posts: 1,043 Car: 911, 328i, Golf, '71 Vespa Sprint Rep Power: 0	here at work we have a 3 Mb/1.5 Mb connection, and a T1 for the phones. decent, not super fast, but decent. @ home i have a 3 Mb/768 Kb DSL connection. Used to have a 30 Mb/5 Mb fiber connection from Verizon, until i moved. actually got 30 Mb/s too! My Mac OS updates would download at roughly 3.5 MB/s sustained. When i was in Uni, i would always use Apple's servers as the benchmark - they seem to have unlimited throughput-I could sustain about 8 MB/s from apple in Uni (dual-OC3 and multiple T3's) they now have about a steady 400 Mb/s of data constantly flowing in and out (combined)!!! http://www.rit.edu/network/mrtg-inet/internetall.html

June 13th, 2006, 10:34 PM	#20
hokiethang Global Moderator Joined: Nov 30th, 2004 Last Online: 03:00 AM Location: Northern Virginia, USA Age: 25 Posts: 2,250 Car: 2007 Durango Rep Power: 20	Theoretically my transfer is 5mbit / 2mbit, but at the moment i'm getting 1mbit / 512kbit. Usually its around 3mbit / 1mbit. My cable company isn't terrific, but hopefully Verizon will finish running fiber in my area, and i'll hopefully be able to get Fios. __________________